Hi! I had some questions about developing Forge apps and the Atlassian support desk pointed me here. I’ve been trying to do some research on my own but I’ve been unsuccessful thus far and was hoping to be pointed in the right direction. I’d like to use Forge to build apps similar to the ones in the Atlassian marketplace but all the tutorials I’ve found online only show me how to add panels or buttons to the existing Jira issue page. Would anyone be able to point me to some steps or a tutorial that show some high level steps to create a Forge app that is an external window/interface from the Jira board?
Hi @MithilaAli. Welcome to the developer community. If you’d like to create an app that resides outside of the issue view, you can try the following modules. When you use forge create choose UI Kit for category, Jira for product, and then select the template value that matches the modules mentioned below:
- jira-global-page (
jira:globalPage) - https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manifest-reference/modules/jira-global-page/
This will give your app a large app canvas that is independent of a project or issue. You’ll be able to execute your app from the Apps menu option at the very top of Jira UI. - jira-project-page (
jira:projectPage) - https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manifest-reference/modules/jira-project-page/
This will also give your app a large app canvas that is in the context of the project the user is currently working on. You’ll be able to execute your app from the left nav Apps section toward the bottom.
For a full list of Jira modules, check out: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manifest-reference/modules/index-jira/
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